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Soft Power

Alexander Skarsgård is a formidable presence in leather, but Pillion’s Harry Melling is the BDSM biker movie’s real lead. By Jackson McHenry

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The Pitt Recap: Dr. SWAT

Not only is Dr. Abbot back, he is doing all of the most Abbot things imaginable. By Maggie Fremont

the great bits

Chris Fleming’s Bitmoji-Filled Tour de Force

In one of his best bits, the comedian ensures that every moment he’s onstage, something is actively entertaining the audience. By John Roy

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Miss J Alexander Is Still ‘Healing and Dealing’ After Reality Check

The former Top Model judge on revealing his stroke in a new documentary and his last contact with Tyra Banks. By Laura Bradley

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Patrick Dempsey Remembers Eric Dane’s ‘Humor’ and Final Days He joins Sam Levinson, Nina Dobrev, Ashton Kutcher, and more in paying tribute to the late star.
mergers and acquisitions 10:18 a.m.

James Cameron Doesn’t Want Netflix Buying Warner Bros. He sent a letter to Senator Mike Lee calling the potential deal “disastrous” for the film industry.
vulture games 5:00 a.m.

Cinematrix No. 696: February 20, 2026 Can you name a Glen Powell movie that starts with H-T?
vulture 10x10 5:00 a.m.

The Inheritance Puzzle 1-Across, Five Letters: They help Link out in “Tears of the Kingdom”
controversy 2/19/2026

Charli XCX Supports Ukraine After Backlash From Berlin After-party The party featured Petlt, a DJ with alleged ties to the Russian government.
rip 2/19/2026

Eric Dane, Euphoria and Grey’s Anatomy Actor, Dead at 53 He first shared his battle with ALS in 2025.
bad blood 2/19/2026

Jay Manuel Doesn’t Miss His Friendship With Tyra Banks “If I never spoke to Tyra again in this lifetime, I’m okay with that.”
battle royal 2/19/2026

Rhaenyra Is Queen in the New House of the Dragon Trailer And since this is Westeros, that’ll surely go well … right?
tech savvy 2/19/2026

It Is Karmically Wrong to Watch This Toy Story 5 Trailer on Your iPad The film will tackle the terrifying conundrum of tech versus toys.
aberama gold 2/19/2026

The Peaky Blinders Movie Trailer Has a Startling Lack of Peaky Blinders in It Once again, Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan are going up against each other during WWII.
he needs some chi 2/19/2026

Dave Grohl Is Foo Fighting His New Voice There’s a weirdly distorted tone going on in the band’s new song.
this guy sucks 2/19/2026

Love Is Blind Has a New Biggest Douche of All Time Chris’s betrayal of Jess was completely out of the blue — and that’s why it was so haunting.
billy shakes 2/19/2026

Tom Hiddleston to Cross the Pond for Much Ado About Nothing Can the Brits break Broadway’s recent Shakespeare curse with the critics?
arrests 2/19/2026

Former Prince Andrew Arrested As Epstein Fallout Continues King Charles III’s brother was arrested on February 19 under suspicion of misconduct while in public office.

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overnights 2/19/2026

The Traitors Recap: Robbed Blind Tara’s gorgeously random Traitor barometer throws the Faithful into disarray.
overnights 2/19/2026

Love Story Recap: Reality Bites Carolyn Bessette’s worst nightmare officially hits the front page of the Post this week.
overnights 2/19/2026

The Pitt Recap: Dr. SWAT Not only is Dr. Abbot back, he is doing all of the most Abbot things imaginable.
overnights 2/19/2026

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Cult of No Personality Amanda Frances finally gave the women what they wanted: a story about a cult.
overnights 2/18/2026

Southern Charm Recap: Salley Go Lightly Salley is in a prison of her own devising.
overnights 2/18/2026

Love Is Blind Recap: Everybody Hates Chris Chris’s villain arc makes for one of the most insulting breakups in Love Is Blind history.
overnights 2/17/2026

Vanderpump Rules Recap: Stand-Up Kinda Girl The SUR reboot is suffering from a major identity crisis: the restaurant doesn’t feel real, and the cast feels like they are in Love Is Blind.
overnights 2/17/2026

Summer House Recap: How You Dune? Kyle Cooke is making it very hard for his defenders this week.
overnights 2/17/2026

Below Deck Down Under Recap: Unchill, Unsexy Vibes Alesia just pulled off the most ballsy career pivot in Below Deck history.
overnights 2/17/2026

Tell Me Lies Series-Finale Recap: Road to Nowhere What just happened?
overnights 2/16/2026

The Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion Recap: Life’s a Stage Stacey has to reckon becoming a fan favorite while becoming more isolated from the cast.
overnights 2/15/2026

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Recap: Flea Bottom’s Up The flashback serves two purposes: an origin story for Duncan and to underscore the growing instability of the Seven Kingdoms under the Targaryens.
overnights 2/15/2026

Industry Recap: Kompromat Whitney Halberstram’s constructed identity is finally falling apart — and he’s determined to take everyone down with him.
overnights 2/15/2026

All Creatures Great and Small Recap: The Answer Is Always You The war is over, but the battle for our hearts is just beginning.

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berlinale 2026 2/19/2026

Tom Morello Spreads the Gospel of Judas Priest in Berlin Something exciting often happens when musicians make movies about other musicians, like The Ballad of Judas Priest.
berlinale 2026 2/19/2026

We Take John Turturro for Granted He’s a ubiquitous face but rarely gets the chance to carry a feature, as he does in the modest, lovely drama The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.
berlinale 2026 2/17/2026

Well, That Was Upsetting Queen at Sea is indie darling Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years.
berlinale 2026 2/17/2026

Amy Adams’s At the Sea Needs to Be Weirder The actress often transcends middling material, but in Kornél Mundruczó’s movie it feels like she’s been cast adrift.
theater review 2/17/2026

On Being Hooked: The Dinosaurs and The Monsters Two plays look at addiction and what replaces it.
berlinale 2026 2/16/2026

Sandra Hüller Gets Her Greatest Role Yet Already a master of submerged heartbreak in so many previous parts, Hüller is mesmerizing in Rose.
berlinale 2026 2/15/2026

A Star-Studded Stink Bomb Lands in Berlin Rosebush Pruning, starring Callum Turner, Riley Keough, and Elle Fanning, somehow makes its madness boring.
album review 2/13/2026

Charli XCX Does a Perfect 180 on Wuthering Heights The album is just as committed as Emerald Fennell is to melding old and modern worlds, but it’s much less devoted to popping eyeballs.
berlinale 2026 2/13/2026

‘Do You Think I’m Going to Hell?’ The new film Mouse, starring Sophie Okonedo, takes the saddest, most familiar of subjects and brings forth something quietly revelatory.
theater review 2/12/2026

Sean Hayes’s Theme and Variations: The Unknown He inhabits more than a dozen characters in David Cale’s slick, unsettling play.
tv review 2/12/2026

This Love Story Isn’t Special Beneath a careful re-creation of ’90s New York, Ryan Murphy’s take on JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette lacks a big idea and, more fatally, actual feeling.
post game analysis 2/12/2026

Social Media Is Suffocating The Traitors From cast members airing grievances to conspiracy theories and claims of bullying, the discourse is threatening to overshadow the game.
theater review 2/11/2026

The Other Place Is a Low-Stakes Antigone Stripping the ancient Greekness out of Sophocles saps the tension and conflict.
movie review 2/9/2026

Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.

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Bridgerton’s Katie Leung Thinks Lord Penwood Is the Real Villain By Roxana Hadadi

The Traitors (S4/E10)

Robbed Blind Tara’s gorgeously random Traitor barometer throws the Faithful into disarray.
Love Story (S1/E4)

Reality Bites Carolyn Bessette’s worst nightmare officially hits the front page of the Post this week.
The Pitt (S2/E7)

Dr. SWAT Not only is Dr. Abbot back, he is doing all of the most Abbot things imaginable.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S15/E10)

Cult of No Personality Amanda Frances finally gave the women what they wanted: a story about a cult.
Southern Charm (S11/E12)

Salley Go Lightly Salley is in a prison of her own devising.
Love Is Blind (S10/E7)

Everybody Hates Chris Chris’s villain arc makes for one of the most insulting breakups in Love Is Blind history.
Vanderpump Rules (S12/E11)

Stand-Up Kinda Girl The SUR reboot is suffering from a major identity crisis: the restaurant doesn’t feel real, and the cast feels like they are in Love Is Blind.
Summer House (S10/E3)

How You Dune? Kyle Cooke is making it very hard for his defenders this week.
Below Deck Down Under (S4/E3)

Unchill, Unsexy Vibes Alesia just pulled off the most ballsy career pivot in Below Deck history.
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Streamliner

vulture lists 12 Underrated Robert Duvall Movies to Rewatch Over and Over Yes, including the one about a hitman who does the tango. By Brian Tallerico
the industry Is Paramount Ready to Raise Its Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery? The Davids are heading back to the negotiating table. By Eric Vilas-Boas
now streaming The 17 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Let’s get freaky. By Savannah Salazar
sport invernali What We’re Obsessively Watching at the 2026 Winter Olympics A (slightly) curated schedule, because we really can’t miss curling. By Eric Vilas-Boas

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quality time What the Creators of Yo Gabba Gabba! Watch (and Listen to) With Their Kids “‘Weird Al’ is revered at our house like a great deity.” By Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz and Marah Eakin
backstories He Had One Night to Write the Music for Shane and Ilya’s First Time Heated Rivalry composer Peter Peter explains his “almost vulgar” first drafts, Scott and Kip Easter eggs, and the intentional quiet of “The Cottage.” By Iana Murray
berlinale 2026 Well, That Was Upsetting Queen at Sea is indie darling Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years. By Bilge Ebiri

Movies

berlinale 2026

Tom Morello Spreads the Gospel of Judas Priest in Berlin

Something exciting often happens when musicians make movies about other musicians, like The Ballad of Judas Priest. By Bilge Ebiri

tech savvy It Is Karmically Wrong to Watch This Toy Story 5 Trailer on Your iPad The film will tackle the terrifying conundrum of tech versus toys. By Jason P. Frank
aberama gold The Peaky Blinders Movie Trailer Has a Startling Lack of Peaky Blinders in It Once again, Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan are going up against each other during WWII. By Fran Hoepfner
berlinale 2026 We Take John Turturro for Granted He’s a ubiquitous face but rarely gets the chance to carry a feature, as he does in the modest, lovely drama The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. By Bilge Ebiri

coming soon Bad Bunny Will Star in Residente’s Historical Epic Porto Rico Alongside Edward Norton, Javier Bardem, and Viggo Mortensen. By Bethy Squires
the force is not with us Disney Passing on The Hunt for Ben Solo Is ‘Insane’ to Steven Soderbergh And to the fans too, actually. By Savannah Salazar
kein kommentar Does Anyone at This Film Festival Want to Say Something Political? When Berlinale jury president Wim Wenders said it had to “stay out of politics,” little did he know the fest would descend into … more politics. By Fran Hoepfner
gifset cinema Is Emerald Fennell’s Tumblrized Wuthering Heights Worth Seeing? An emergency discussion about whether or not her adaptation of the classic novel is actually horny enough. By Fran Hoepfner
berlinale 2026 Well, That Was Upsetting Queen at Sea is indie darling Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years. By Bilge Ebiri

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TV

rip

Eric Dane, Euphoria and Grey’s Anatomy Actor, Dead at 53

He first shared his battle with ALS in 2025. By Alejandra Gularte

bad blood Jay Manuel Doesn’t Miss His Friendship With Tyra Banks “If I never spoke to Tyra again in this lifetime, I’m okay with that.” By Alejandra Gularte
chat room Bridgerton’s Katie Leung Thinks Lord Penwood Is the Real Villain “She might not have married him if she had known about it.“ By Roxana Hadadi
battle royal Rhaenyra Is Queen in the New House of the Dragon Trailer And since this is Westeros, that’ll surely go well … right? By Savannah Salazar
this guy sucks Love Is Blind Has a New Biggest Douche of All Time Chris’s betrayal of Jess was completely out of the blue — and that’s why it was so haunting. By Jason P. Frank

finale thoughts
Tell Me Lies’s Cat Missal Left Bree ‘at Her Craziest Point’ “In her defense, her trauma runs deep, and she’s working through it. Fans, hopefully, will hold a little bit of space for her.” By Olivia Truffaut-Wong

bravolebrities The Valley Season 3 Is Going to Give Them Lala (and Tom) When God closes a door on an ex–VPR cast member, he opens a window for two more. By Bethy Squires
drama mama The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Is Grappling With Its Own Success The “secret” is fully out. By Jason P. Frank
backstories He Had One Night to Write the Music for Shane and Ilya’s First Time Heated Rivalry composer Peter Peter explains his “almost vulgar” first drafts, Scott and Kip Easter eggs, and the intentional quiet of “The Cottage.” By Iana Murray
bad blood ANTM’s Tiffany Richardson Calls Tyra Banks a Bully Richardson was on the receiving end of Banks’s “We were all rooting for you” speech. By Alejandra Gularte

Music

controversy

Charli XCX Supports Ukraine After Backlash From Berlin After-party

The party featured Petlt, a DJ with alleged ties to the Russian government. By Alejandra Gularte

he needs some chi Dave Grohl Is Foo Fighting His New Voice There’s a weirdly distorted tone going on in the band’s new song. By Devon Ivie
she’s cooking So That’s Why Lana Del Rey’s Album Is Called Stove Giving us a peek into her married life in the “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” music video. By Alejandra Gularte
the festival circuit Who’s Hitching a Ride With Diplo to Stagecoach 2026? Here’s the lineup for Diplo’s HonkyTonk at Stagecoach 2026. By Bethy Squires

double as a superstaaaaar Hannah Montana Is Back in Both Worlds Miley Cyrus is starring in a 20th-anniversary special for Disney+. By Jason P. Frank
britpoppers Blur Wasn’t a Good Fit for Coachella There was “a slight mismatch,” concedes Damon Albarn, who scolded the crowd for being too quiet. By Devon Ivie
superlatives Nile Rodgers on the Best and Grooviest Music of His Career “Nobody can make a record better than me. Please don’t take this in an egotistical way.” By Devon Ivie
happy valentine’s day Maya Hawke’s Stranger Things Co-Stars Packed her Valentine’s Day Wedding A V-Day anniversary cuts the present budget in half. By Bethy Squires
for sale Wasserman Agency Is Up For Sale After more than a dozen artists called for Casey Wasserman’s removal. By Alejandra Gularte

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Comedy

jokes

The 2026 Awards Season in Opening Monologues

Nikki Glaser predictably crushed at the Golden Globes, Ego Nwodim unpredictably honored The Town at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and more. By Hershal Pandya

hosting duties All the Saturday Night Live Season 51 Hosts and Musical Guests Two pretty blond boys will take on hosting duties next: Connor Storrie and Ryan Gosling. By Jason P. Frank
r.i.p. Catherine O’Hara’s Cause of Death Confirmed She died from a pulmonary embolism and suffered from rectal cancer. By Jason P. Frank
this week in late night An Absurdly Permissive Seth Meyers Won Late Night This Week Plus Ian McKellen getting Shakespearian on ICE and a free and frisky Amanda Batula on WWHL. By Bethy Squires

smoothie king Conan O’Brien Wants Hailey Bieber’s Smoothie Erewhon, you’re leaving money on the table. By Bethy Squires
post-mortem Ron Funches Is Done Defending Himself The Traitors’s most misunderstood Faithful believes he played the game right, even when he was wrong. By Roxana Hadadi
last night on late night SNL’s Ashley Padilla Is a Mom Seeing the Light About Trump But she still thinks he’s a good businessman, for the record. By Bethy Squires
last night on late night Pete Davidson Calls Out ICE in Saturday Night Live Cold Open “Y’all are making me look like the upstanding, reasonable adult in the room. That’s crazy!” By Bethy Squires
vulture lists Where to Watch Catherine O’Hara’s Best Work The late actor’s unique comic sensibility has shown up in some of the most beloved movies and TV shows of the past five decades. By Brian Tallerico

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Theater

theater review

On Being Hooked: The Dinosaurs and The Monsters

Two plays look at addiction and what replaces it. By Jackson McHenry

theater review Sean Hayes’s Theme and Variations: The Unknown He inhabits more than a dozen characters in David Cale’s slick, unsettling play. By Jackson McHenry
theater review The Other Place Is a Low-Stakes Antigone Stripping the ancient Greekness out of Sophocles saps the tension and conflict. By Jackson McHenry
theater review High Spirits Has Just Enough Fizz It probably wouldn’t sustain a full-scale revival. But it’s perfect for the two-week Encores! series — especially with Andrea Martin. By Jackson McHenry
egot watch Steven Spielberg EGOTs at the 2026 Grammy Awards Technically, he’s an EEEEGOOOT. By Bethy Squires

move on
Look, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Are Making a Hat The Wicked co-stars will play George and Dot in the West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George. By Jason P. Frank

theater review When Bad Forces Happen to Good People: Blackout Songs and Data Two new plays about addictive substances: one about booze, another about money and ambition. By Jackson McHenry
it’s just a jump to the left Are There Any Celebrities Not Starring in the Rocky Horror Show Revival? Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch, Josh Rivera … shall I go on? By Jason P. Frank
theater review The Disappear Vanishes Up Its Own Navel In Erica Schmidt’s drama, the characters are meant to be self-absorbed but also visionary artists. They’re good at the first part. By Sara Holdren
theater review ‘An Ark’ at the Shed Is All Headsets, No Heartbeat Mixed reality yields full banality. Plus: Better ideas at the January theater festivals. By Sara Holdren

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Books

q&a A Grand Theory of Celebrity and Who-dom What does fame mean today? The hosts of the popular Who? Weekly podcast have written a book that explores the question. By Nicholas Quah
emergency conversation You Don’t Have to Read Wuthering Heights To See Wuthering Heights The literacy crisis is real, but watching one horny movie adaptation without experiencing the source material is not a crime. By Jackson McHenry, Kathryn VanArendonk, and Alison Willmore
vulture investigates Is Heathcliff White? We called up some academics and asked. By Jasmine Vojdani
chapters ‘If It Isn’t Fun, It Goes’ How Nintendo’s trust in “Miyamoto magic” changed video games forever. By Keza MacDonald
must reads 8 New Books to Read This February A close study of Toni Morrison, a Richard Hell reissue, and a novel about a woman trying to live without love. By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani

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Art

2026 preview 10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2026 Will the New Museum actually reopen? By Jerry Saltz
art review The Crazed Cataclysms of Nicole Eisenman Her paintings at David Zwirner are delirious indictments of politics, art, and money. By Jerry Saltz
furniture Bianca Censori Made Some Medical Sex-Dungeon Furniture The designer and wife of Kanye West says it’s about “collapsing the distinction between object, body, and idol.” By Clio Chang
reasons to love new york How the Painter Sasha Gordon Marshaled Her Monsters “People assume I’m a bitchy, confident artist when I’m actually really afraid of everything.” By Adam Moss
rip Frank Gehry, World-Famous Postmodern Architect, Dead at 96 Gehry is one of only two architects to guest star on The Simpsons. By Bethy Squires